Not true, not true at all. But I will admit he seems that way because of the denim, rock style, and so on. Some day, you may find yourself surprised!

I watched a documentary on him a few nights ago, and there were the usual schoolday reminiscences. Some fellas were saying he was a bully, a hard-knock, and I think there was some reference to him being really weak academically.

I dunno. I don't like his music but saying that isn't enough, is it? I'm looking for evidence of a more serious crime to get more BCBers on my side

Ghost of Harry Smith wrote:I have no idea what this thread is trying to achieve.

Hmm, well my experience is I somehow ended up listening to the first Thin Lizzy album a while ago, and was surprised by how funny and together the vision was. Maybe he's like David Lee Roth, just in the sense that that the whole thing is a made-up fantasy of how a rocker could be, and if you like it, he does it well, but if you don't, it seems really really dumb.

Pansy Puff wrote:Other than the ludicrously camp 'American Woman' I know nothing of The Guess Who.

Should I?

I'd just start with a "best of" collection. Or you might try the 'Canned Wheat' album which features many of the key tracks that will be on a compilation. I don't think they're the kind of band that would blow anyone away at first listen.

Well, once you get the riff, you are supposed to listen to other things, like the voice -- and the chorus, which is as exhilarating as anything ever.

Not all their songs are great, for sure, even in that clip.

He's not big on melody. I think of him in the same vein as Springsteen but more fun and self-knowing. (When I said 'melodic hard rock passages', I was referring to the guitars, and the 'Break out!' riff in a different key.)

The Slider wrote:Phil by about 30000 milesI'm bewildered that anyone with any imagination at all could vote otherwise.

Showtunes.

(I know that isn't necessarily an insult/criticism.)

Very much soWith a literal Folk Music basis.

I like Mott the Hoople in small doses. And the other feller is a good singer - 'better' than the other two if you like. But there's a huge imagination at play in Thin Lizzy that the other two don't even begin to approach

The Complete Beatles Mp3 set now available in the usual place, should you want one.